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On the eve of its upfront presentation today at Carnegie Hall, CBS announced yesterday it is canceling seven series including the long-running dramas Cold Case, Ghost Whisperer and Numbers and the midseason frosh drama Miami Medical. Three comedies also were scrubbed from the schedule including Accidentally on Purpose, New Adventures of Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. CBS did renew Medium for another season as well as Rules of Engagement. CBS also hammered out negotiations with Charlie Sheen on Monday night to remain on the sitcom Two and a Half Men for two more years. Sheen will make nearly $2 million per episode, settling on $1.8 to $1.9 million per segment, a pay scale similar to what Ray Romano made during his last season of Everybody Loves Raymond. Nielsen struck a multi-year deal with Gannett covering the use of Nielsen’s local television ratings services, including overnights and custom applications and software in the local markets where Gannett has stations. Gannett operates 23 television stations in 19 markets, reaching 21 million households. The deal also allows Nielsen to track the usage levels of Gannett’s television station’s websites. Joshua L. Jamison, President of Charter Communications East Coast Operating Group, died Monday at the age of 54. He had more than 22 years of experience in the telecommunications industry having been with Charter Communications since 1999 in addition to 18 years with Time Warner Cable serving in various capacities. Josh is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son-in-law, mother and two sisters. A funeral service will be held this Thursday, 11a at Friendship Baptist Church, 441 Torrington Road in Litchfield. Memorial contributions may be sent to The American Lung Association, 45 Ash Street, East Hartford, CT 06108. Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 10, 2010) Stephen McPherson, President/ABC Entertainment Group revealed ABC’s schedule for the 2010-2011 season yesterday afternoon at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in NYC. In addition to a roasting courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel during the presentation, ABC welcomed ten new series to its schedule for fall and midseason. New ABC dramas:
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Returning ABC series include: America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Brothers & Sisters, Castle, Cougar Town, Dancing with the Stars, Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Grey’s Anatomy, The Middle, Modern Family, Private Practice, Supernanny, V, 20/20 as well as Saturday Night College Football. ABC Fall 2010 Primetime Schedule *Note: Premiere dates will be announced at a later date. Shows picked up but not included on the fall schedule will premiere later in the 2010-2011 season. Full broadcast schedules of all the networks is available for download at www.cynopsis.com – with info added each day as the broadcasters officially announce their schedules. At its upfront today, the newly named Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas will announce its goal to ramp up programming to appeal to a wider US Latino audience. Along with this strategy, Tr3s is now part of MTV Networks International’s US Hispanic and Latin American operations based in Miami. New programming for Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas launches July 12 with an aim to continue offering music and MTV content as well as expanding the brand to include programming aimed at the P12-34 audience in primetime, with an emphasis on co-viewing among teens and their parents. Programming on Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas: The network additionally will increase its original productions and acquisitions as well as serve up content from MTVNI’s programming library that will fit into three lifestyle categories important to Latinos: Music, considered the heart and soul of Latino life; Making It, offering success stories of Latinos achieving the “Latino American dream”; and Milestones featuring stories that signify coming of age or their rights of passage. New programs on Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas include: The George Lopez Show, Lucha Libre: USA Masked Warriors, Mis Videos Locos with Paul Rodriguez and the Nickelodeon shows Drake & Josh and The Brothers Garcia. The network will continue to program telenovelas such as Juegos Prohibidos and Ninas Mal. New seasons of Mind of Mencia, Quiero Mis Quinces and Quiero Mi Boda will also be part of the schedule. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION
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Spike TV is delving into the high-stakes underground auction market involving storage containers with a new series titled Auction Heroes. The series follows two friends who buy abandoned storage containers at auction and then resell the contents for profit at pawn shops. Spike TV ordered eight 30m episodes of Auction Heroes from Gurney Productions, which will also have an exclusive access to one of the nation’s largest storage facility chains. The exact cast and premiere date will be announced later. Actor James Franco rejoins ABC’s General Hospital beginning June 30 as the daytime soap’s summer storyline kicks off. Franco will also appear this summer in the movie Eat Pray Love with Julia Roberts and just completed production on the film 127 Hours with former General Hospital actress Amber Tamblyn. Following the demise of ABC’s Ugly Betty and a stint on Broadway, Vanessa Williams is joining another ABC drama, becoming an evil new housewife on Desperate Housewives. Williams will join the cast of Desperate Housewives’ seventh season this fall, moving to Wisteria Lane bent on inflicting havoc on everyone’s lives. CNN agreed to honor anchor Campbell Brown’s request to be released out of her contract early, reports Mediaite.com. Brown, who anchors the 8p hour, has agreed to stay until her replacement is found. Previously, Brown had asked CNN to move to an earlier weeknight time slot but the network declined that request. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 5/10-5/16/10 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 5/10-5/16/10 Saturday A18-49 Analysis: FOX and its Saturday night staple of “bad boys” won the A18-49 demo with 1.3/5, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX led at 8p with back-to-back Cops episodes averaging a 1.3/5 while ABC’s movie and CBS’ movie tied for second place at 0.7/3 each. FOX remained steady at #1 through 9p with AMW: America Fights Back at 1.3/5 and CBS’ movie kicked it up a notch to 1.1/4 at #2. NBC’s encore of Law & Order: SVU won the 10p hour at 1.2/4 though was only a tenth of a rating point ahead of CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery at 1.1/4. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, May 15, 2010 (May Sweep Day 17) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD FOX: 2.8/6 Cops 2.5/5, Cops 2 3.1/6, AMW: America Fights Back 2.8/5 NBC: 2.5/5 Parenthood [r] 1.4/3, Law and Order [r] 2.6/5, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.4/7 ABC: 2.4/5 ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Just Like Heaven [r] 2.4/5, Castle [r] 2.4/5 CBS: 2.3/4 CBS Saturday Movie: The Bourne Ultimatum 2.2/4, 48 Hours Mystery 2.7/5 UNIV: 1.2/2 Sabado Gigante 1.2/2 TELE: 0.6/1 Futbol Estelar: Toluca vs. Pachuca 0.6/1 ION: 0.4/1 Ghost Whisperer 9P 0.3/1, Ghost Whisperer 10P 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 1.3/5, CBS 0.9/4, ABC 0.8/3, NBC 0.8/3, TELE 0.6/2, UNIV 0.6/2, ION 0.1/0 Sunday A18-49 Analysis: CBS ranked #1 Sunday night with a 3.4/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. ABC opened the night a winner with the season finale of America’s Funniest Home Videos at 2.0/7 with CBS’ 60 Minutes next at 1.7/6. CBS’ season climax of Survivor topped at 8p with 4.0/12, while the end of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition season cleaned up in second at 2.9/8. The second half of CBS’ Survivor finale remained at #1 through 9p with a 4.3/11 followed by ABC’s season conclusion of Desperate Housewives at 4.0/10. Then at 10p, the Survivor Reunion special on CBS did best at 3.6/10 with ABC’s Brothers & Sisters season finale trailing at #2 with 2.9/8. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, May 16, 2010 (May Sweep Day 18) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 6.9/12 60 Minutes 7.1/14, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains [f] 7.2/12, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains Reunion 5.9/10 ABC: 6.2/11 America’s Funniest Home Videos [f] 4.3/8, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [f] 6.0/10, Desperate Housewives [f] 7.9/13, Brothers & Sisters [f] 6.6/11 NBC: 3.7/6 Miss USA 2010 3.4/6, The Celebrity Apprentice 4.0/7 FOX: 3.0/5 ‘Til Death 1.4/3, The Simpsons [r] 1.9/3, The Simpsons 3.5/6, The Cleveland Show 3.3/5, Family Guy 4.4/7, American Dad [f] 3.4/5 UNIV: 1.4/2 Hora Pico 0.9/2, Nuestra Belleza 1.7/3, Nuestra Bellz Lat Des 1.4/3 ION: 0.6/1 Sunday Night Movie: Lethal Weapon 4 [r] 0.6/1 TELE: 0.4/1 Cine en Casa: Balto 0.3/1, Cine Exclusivo: National Treasure 0.4/1 A18-49: CBS 3.4/10, ABC 2.9/9, FOX 2.5/7, NBC 1.9/5, UNIV 1.0/3, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.2/1 Monday A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX shared the limelight Monday with each delivering a 3.6/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s season finale of House at 8p topped with a 4.3/12 and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars waltzed into second place with a 3.8/10. At 9p, CBS’ comedies Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory averaged a 4.9/13 to secure #1 while the combo of Dancing with the Stars and Romantically Challenged on ABC averaged a 3.2/8 at #2. CBS closed the night a winner through 10p with CSI: Miami at 2.9/8 followed by the last chapter of the season for ABC’s Castle at 2.4/7. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, May 17, 2010 (May Sweep Day 19) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 9.2/15 Dancing with the Stars 12.1/19, Romantically Challenged 5.2/8, Castle [f] 6.5/11 CBS: 6.7/11 How I Met Your Mother 4.7/8, Rules of Engagement 4.7/7, Two and a Half Men 8.1/13, The Big Bang Theory 8.9/14, CSI: Miami 6.7/12 FOX: 5.9/9 House [f] 6.5/11, 24 5.3/8 NBC: 3.8/6 Chuck 3.1/5, Law & Order 4.1/7 UNIV: 2.3/4 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.4/4, Cristina 1.9/3 CW: 1.3/2 One Tree Hill [f] 1.3/2, Gossip Girl [f] 1.3/2 ION: 0.8/1 Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2 TELE: 0.7/1 Clon M 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Donde Esta Elisa 0.9/2 A18-49: CBS 3.6/10, FOX 3.6/10, ABC 3.2/9, UNIV 1.9/5, NBC 1.8/5, CW 1.0/3, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.4/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Island Def Jam Music Group named Jon Vanhala in the newly-created position as SVP/Digital and New Business Development. Jon will supervise the company’s digital strategy, e-commerce, digital marketing and new business efforts. Based in New York, Jon reports to Steve Bartels, President/COO. Caroline Lang advances to SVP/Managing Director, France with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). Previously, Caroline was VP/Managing Director and in her new capacity she will continue to head the company’s television distribution operations in France where she manages the licensing of television series, theatrical feature films, movies for television and animation to free and pay TV operators via terrestrial, cable, satellite and IPTV platforms. Caroline will furthermore be involved with the company’s Branded Services group working to maintain and launch new SVOD services in France. Based in Paris, Caroline continues to report to Jose Abad, SVP/Managing Director, Southern Europe, WBITD. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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